water dropwort

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   European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery; all parts extremely poisonous

   Synonymshemlock water dropwortOenanthe crocata

   Broaderpoisonous plant

   Part ofOenanthe

Questions about water dropwort

What does water dropwort mean?

water dropwort means "European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery; all parts extremely poisonous".

What is another word for water dropwort?

Close synonyms include hemlock water dropwort, Oenanthe crocata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is water dropwort a common word?

water dropwort is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.